Four Gate Keepers are to crossover
the Golden Age under the Spring Bridge
of Los Angeles…

END TIMES
The following is from “End Times”
by Thomas Doubting from Word Press:
The Shaiva Oracles of the Hindu Purana
tell us that the End Times (aka the
Kali Yuga period) are not a short
period of intense turmoil like many
anticipate. Instead, the End Times
is a fairly long period of time that
began about 5,000 years ago and encompasses
the Roman Empire, the Inquisition,
the Civil War, the crash of ‘29,
World Wars I + II, the Holocaust,
etc., etc.. According to author Alain
Daniélou, we entered the twilight
stages of the Kali Yuga in 1939,
just prior to the start of WWII.
The Purana speaks of a continous
cycle of ages, each lasting approx.
58,000 years. Each of one of these
cycles consists of four ages (this
is similar to the Hopi and other
Native American teachings of four
worlds of evolution). The Purana
teaches that each 58,000 year cycle
starts with a Golden Age (Satya Yuga)
and ends with a Dark Age (Kali Yuga),
and at the very end of the Kali Yuga,
a new cycle and a new mankind begins
yet again.
The End Times predictions of the
Old Testament and New Testament are
widely known (these religions themselves
are products of the Kali Yuga); lesser
known are the many similar predictions
of other religions and similar prophecies
of the Native Americans and other
indigenous tribes of the world. I
have compiled a small handful that
I’ve become aware of ever since my
epiphany. [source: “End Times” by
Thomas Doubting]

BUDDHISM
“Over a thousand years ago, Padmasambhava,
the great teacher who brought Buddhism
from India to Tibet, predicted that
this particular dark age would be
distinguished by our increasing cleverness.
Our discursive minds would run rampant.
We would create myriad ways to keep
ourselves entertained, becoming experts
in how to spend free time… Padmasambhava
predicted that as we became more
shrewd and clever, compassion would
seem increasingly futile, and we
would lose the knowledge of how to
bring meaning to our lives… At the
same time, the number of weapons,
diseases, and starving people would
grow. Our negative emotions would
increase as our motivation to lead
a meaningful life — a life of virtue
- waned.”
[source: “Ruling Your World” by Sakyong
Mipham, pg. 44]

HINDUISM
The following is from “While the
Gods Play” by Alain Daniélou:
“According to the chronology of the
Purana, the present humanity would
have appeared about 58,000 years
ago, a figure that corresponds to
twelve and a half times what Shaiva
cosmology calls the Age of the Ancestors,
that is, the duration of a lineage,
a particular species of men. But
men or similar beings existed before
the present humanity. The human species
that have succeeded each other on
earth have each achieved a very high
level of development and knowledge,
then disappeared at the time of planetary
catastrophes, leaving, however, traces
that served as the bases for the
development and knowledge of subsequent
humanities, which, when they reach
the limits of the knowledge permitted
man in the plan of creation, are,
in turn, destined to disappear.”
“The spiritual decadence of man,
according to Hindu tradition, goes
hand in hand with progress in metallurgy
from the Golden Age (Satya Yuga)
to the Iron Age (Kali Yuga)” or the
“End Times”"….
The Purana scriptures describe the
signs that characterize the very
end of the Kali Yuga [which began
in 1939 according to Alain Daniélou].
“It is the lowest instincts that
spur the men of the Kali Yuga on.
They prefer to choose false ideas.
They do not hesitate to persecute
sages. Desire torments them. Slovenliness,
illness, hunger, and fear spread.
There will be severe droughts. The
different regions of countries will
be in conflict with each other. The
sacred books are no longer respected.
Men will be without morals, irritable
and sectarian. In the age of Kali
false doctrines and misleading writings
spread… Many will perish… Most of
the new leaders are of working-class
origin. They will hunt down the priests
and upholders of knowledge. Fetuses
will be killed in the stomachs of
their mothers and heroes will be
assassinated. The Shudra will claim
to behave like Brahmans and the priests
like laborers. Thieves will become
kings, and kings will be the thieves.
Women who have relationships with
several men will be numerous…. The earth
will produce plenty in some places
and too little in others. Rulers
will confiscate property and use
it badly. They will cease to protect
the people. Base men who have gained
a certain amount of learning (without
having the virtues necessary for
its use) will be esteemed as sages.
Men who do not possess the virtues
of warriors will become kings. Scholars
will be in the service of mediocre,
conceited, and malevolent men. Priests
will degrade themselves by selling
the sacraments. There will be many
displaced persons, wandering from
one country to another… Predatory
animals will be more violent….
“Young girls will do trade in their
virginity. The god of the clouds
will be inconsistent in the distribution
of the rains. Shopkeepers will run
dishonest businesses. They will be
surrounded by pretentious, false
philosophers. There will be many
beggars and unemployed people. Everyone
will use hard and vulgar language.
No one will be able to trust anyone
else. People will be envious… moralizing
puritans characterize the period
of the end of the Kali Yuga. … Wealth
and harvests will decrease… Rapes
will be frequent. Many people will
be treacherous, lustful, base, and
foolhardy… There will be many children
born whose life expectancy is no
more than sixteen years… Wheat supplies
will be stolen. Thieves will steal
from thieves. People will become
inactive, lethargic, and purposeless.
Illness, rats, and noxious substances
will plague them… Unqualified people
will pass as experts in matters of
morals and religion. People will
massacre women, children, cows, and
one another. [Linga Purw, chap. 401]”
[source: “While the Gods Play” by
Alain Daniélou]

INDIGENOUS CULTURES
•AFRICA:
The following is from “The Prophet’s
Way” by Thom Hartmann. The author
visited an African refugee camp and
one of the elders (a type of shaman)
told him the following:
“The world is fragile. Your American
companies, sugar and coffee, they
have raped our land. Now the Earth
will no longer give us food because
it is angry with what we have allowed
you to do here.
“It has gone too far…The Earth cannot
be saved by man: this is stupidity.
The Earth will save itself, by killing
off the men. …This is the future
you are seeing,” he says, waving
his hand around him at the refugee
camp, the bare ground, the dead trees,
the big-bellied children squatting…one
day it will be the white man’s future,
too.”
[source: “The Prophet’s Way” by Thom
Hartmann, pg. 150]

•HOPI INDIANS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST:
“Mother Nature tells us which is
the right way. When earthquakes,
floods, hailstorms, drought, and
famine will be the life of every
day, the time will have then come
for the return to the true path….”
[source: “Meditations with the Hopi”
by Robert Boissiere]

“At this time you’re going to see
that things will speed up, that people
on the earth will move faster and
faster. Grandchildren will not have
time for grandparents. Parents will
not have time for children. It will
seem like time is going faster and
faster. The elders advised us that,
as things speed up, you yourself
should slow down. The faster things
go, the slower you go. Because there’s
going to come a time when the earth
is going to be shaken a third time.
The Great Spirit has shaken the earth
two times: the First and Second World
Wars to remind us that we are a human
family, to remind us that we should
have greeted each other as brothers
and sisters. We had a chance after
each shaking to come together in
a circle that would have brought
peace on earth, but we missed that.
“When you see people living in the
sky on a permanent basis, you will
know the Great Spirit is about to
grab the earth, this time not with
one hand, but with both hands. When
this house is in the sky, the Great
Spirit is going to shake the Earth
a third time, and whoever dropped
that gourd of ashes, upon them it
is going to drop.”
[source: The 1986 Continental Indigenous
Council, Fairbanks, Alaska]

•ONONDAGA INDIANS OF CANADA AND THE
U.S.:
“It’s prophesied in our Instructions
that the end of the world will be
near when the trees start dying from
the tops down. That’s what the maples
are doing today. Our Instructions
say the time will come when there
will be no corn, when nothing will
grow in the garden, when water will
be filthy and unfit to drink. And
then a great monster will rise up
from the water and destroy mankind.
“
—Leon Shenandoah
[source: “Wisdomkeepers” by Steve
Wall and Harvey Arden]

•SHUAR INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA:
From a Shuar Shaman (speaking about
the future of the jungle after he
experienced a shamanic journey):
“…What I see is death. Land is dead.
All dead. Trees. Birds. Monkeys.
People. Dead. Many, many people.
Not Shuar. No. Colonists from mountains,
like El Milagro people. Dead. And
earth? Burned. Earth like clay after
women’s fires. Earth is pottery.
Earth is dead. And air? Air is smoke.
Jaguar-god cannot breathe… All dead….”
[source: “Psychonavigation” by John
Perkins]

•MAYAN CIVILIZATION OF MESOAMERICA:
“The Mayan Calendar’s end in 2012
means the end of time. I’m sure often
you have heard that enlightenment
means realization of the soul (beyond
space and time) in correlation with
spirit (God, or creation).
“So do not fear, 2012 does not mean
cataclysm, in fact, it’s the opposite,
the coming of a new Golden Age, in
which we will possess the powers
of the ancient ones…. You will notice
that more and more people are becoming
interested in crystals, enlightenment,
and the etheric and astral planes.
At the same time, much chaos is happening
now to balance the world’s karma
so we can all ascend together. This
is the law, and by following it,
we will ascend and be freed from
karma. This is why many of you may
be experiencing times of turmoil.
It is there for a reason, it will
never happen again.”
[source: Mayan elder, Hunbatz Men]

THE
CRUCIFIED LAND

CALL FOR
ENTRIES

Named after “The Crucified
Land” 1939 oil on canvas
painted by Alexandre Hogue,
this conceptual landscape
installation will be set
during the weekend of 2007
Earth Day at the Los Angeles
Historic State Park (The
Cornfields).

We are inviting interested
artists to work with residents
of our City, organizations
or local business to present
a cross to be planted in
the soil of the undeveloped
IUP South area of the State
Park.
Each participating artist
should set his/her cross
during Saturday April 21,
2007. If you cannot plant
your cross this date please
request an alternative
date and you will receive
information about the time
and place to deliver it.
“Environmental activity
in the faith community
has been growing steadily
over the past five years”,
the Partnership’s executive
director Paul Gorman said.
To learn more about the
National Religious Partnership
for the Environment go
to www.nrpe.org.
At a local level I was
inspired by the “blueprint”
of a spiritual gathering
as developed by pastor
Randy Carrillo of the Church
of the City (www.ChurchOfTheCity.org).

THE CRUCIFIED LAND is
part of the GREEN STAGE Earth
Day Festival April 21 & 22,
2007:
Landscape installation
at LA Historic State Park
(1245 N. Spring St. LA
90012)
Performances, stage, organizations,
art & crafts (closing
Spring Street by the Park)
Green Stage Show at the
CHIPARAKI CULTURE CENTER
(1635 N. Spring St. LA
90012)

To prepare for your artwork
cross and for discussing
size, materials, etc. you
may contact us by email,
phone or in writing:

Stage
Of The Arts, Inc. is
a grassroots arts and
humanitiesorganization,
a non-for profit 501
(c) (3) California Educational
corporation founded June
15, 1982 in the MacArthur-Echo
Park neighborhood. Arts
education and cultural
activities are our working
tools to promote social
change and community
gathering in the City
of Los Angeles. We promotes
and develop multiethnic,
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